“I adore Hannah, she’s one of my favorite humans,” Headey said, noting the scene was filmed that way as to be “authentic” despite creating a “really, really tough day” on set. Headey continued, “People have different limits. People will go to different places. And some people will be like, ‘I don’t want to fucking put myself in that position.’ I totally respect whatever your boundaries are, but Hannah was a trooper. That was a long day of prune juice in your face.”
Because the waterboarding torture scene was filmed through many takes, Headey admitted she purposefully stopped aiming at Waddingham’s mouth while pouring the wine in order to give her co-star a break. The actress said, “I was like, I’m just going to do a light salad dressing drizzle around her nun’s wimple.” Here’s what Waddingham revealed about the “Thrones” scene last month: “I was strapped to a wooden table with proper big straps for 10 hours. And definitely, other than childbirth, it was the worst day of my life. Because Lena was uncomfortable pouring liquid in my face for that long, and I was beside myself. But in those moments you have to think, do you serve the piece and get on with it or do you chicken out and go, ‘No, this isn’t what I signed up for, blah, blah, blah?’” Waddingham continued, “The funny thing was, after we’d finished shooting it for the whole day, and people like Miguel Sapochnik, the director by the way, walking past with a cup of tea and a sandwich on-the-go and going, ‘Hi hunny, you alright?’ And I was like, ‘Not really.’ ‘The crew have just been saying we are actually really waterboarding you here.’ And I was like, ‘Yup, you don’t need to tell me that!’” Next up for Headey is a starring role in Netflix’s action movie “Gunpowder Milkshake,” streaming July 14. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
